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TYLER, Texas -- East Texas often is considered one of the nation's most underrated areas in finding elite talent when it comes to college football recruiting. Sunday featured the inaugural East Texas Sports Network combine, which showcased more than ...

Blog | May 19, 2013

Adam Finkelstein sheds light on five underachieving teams or non-traditional powers that could be transformed by their incoming class.

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2013

It has been a whirlwind of a month for Houston Alief Taylor defensive end Duke Ejiofor. Since the former Rice commit and the Owls parted ways, Ejiofor has been busy taking visits and looking for a new home. On Sunday, he found one. The 6-foot-3...

Blog | January 27, 2013

Former Rice commitment Duke Ejiofor (Houston/Alief Taylor) has several options since recently parting ways with the Owls. And he's leaning toward one of them with a possible decision coming soon, possibly as early as this weekend. The 6-foot-3,...

Blog | January 26, 2013

When 2013 kicker Chris Callahan (Houston/Second Baptist) attended a camp at Baylor over the summer, he felt he performed well, but he didn't hear much from the Bears. Six months later, the Bears came calling, and Callahan was all ears. The 5-fo...

Blog | January 24, 2013

Twin brothers Alvin Jones Jr. and Aaron Jones (El Paso/Burges) have done everything together. Most recently, they were big contributors on a Burges team that advanced three rounds deep in the Texas Class 4A Division I playoffs. On Thursday, the br...

Blog | January 17, 2013

The top performances by football recruits from this past weekend.

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2012

Sean Kugler was named UTEP's coach Monday. On Tuesday, he made a call to his son's quarterback. North Allegheny (Wexford, Pa.) quarterback Mack Leftwich plays with offensive lineman Patrick Kugler, Sean's son. When Sean Kugler called Leftwich on T...

Blog | December 12, 2012

Derek Elmendorff (El Paso, Texas/Franklin) wants to be an FBS offensive lineman. Even more so, Elmendorff wants to be a dentist. When Elmenroff, a 6-foot-4, 290-pound offensive lineman, made an official visit over the weekend to San Antonio, Texas...

Blog | December 10, 2012

RecruitingNation experts grade the best basketball recruiting classes from non-BCS conferences through the early signing period.

Story | Conversation | November 29, 2012

Recruiting is starting to heat up for junior college inside linebacker Auston Johnson (Torrance, Calif./El Camino Community College). And while things might have fallen through on an official visit to Ohio State, they're heating up elsewhere. With...

Blog | November 28, 2012

RecruitingNation basketball experts roundtable: What has been the biggest surprise from the early signing period?

Story | Conversation | November 20, 2012

Playing for a rising FBS team -- and being a part of future success -- was enough for defensive back Germod Williams (Conroe, Texas/Oak Ridge) to pull the trigger on his recruiting process. Williams verbally committed to Texas State on Wednesday a...

Blog | November 15, 2012

Defensive back Dakota Austin (Lancaster, Texas/Lancaster) has offers from UTEP and New Mexico, but his play on Friday was worthy of a couple more scholarships. The 5-foot-10, 160-pound cornerback had six tackles, three breakups, a forced fumble, a...

Blog | November 05, 2012

The season is over for junior college quarterback Javia Hall (Athens, Texas/Trinity Valley Community College). While Trinity Valley didn't have the season he wanted, he was happy to be a part of the program and basically get a do-over on the college ...

Blog | October 28, 2012

Conference USA has made some noise on the recruiting trail lately, but with realignment sending its top four teams to the Big East, the remaining teams will have to find new ways to lure in talent.

Story | Conversation | October 23, 2012